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Bookmark or Share- Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data | World BankFighting poverty in all of its dimensions lies at the core of the World Bank’s work. We work closely with governments to develop sound policies so that poor people can improve their livelihoods, and access social and infrastructure services and good jobs.
- Argentina Poverty Assessment - World Bank GroupThe report Poverty Traps in Argentina explains how macroeconomic dynamics have hindered the ability of poor and middle-income households to generate higher incomes in a sustainable manner. The Four "Poverty Traps" What are the four interrelated obstacles that contribute to the persistence of poverty in Argentina?
- Poverty and Health - World Bank GroupIn general, poor health is disproportionately concentrated among the poor. Strategy. The World Bank’s work in the area of health equity and financial protection is defined by the 2007 Health, Nutrition and Population Strategy. The strategy identifies “preventing poverty due to illness (by improving financial protection)” as one of its ...
- Poverty Report- Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017 - World Bank GroupAbout one in four people in Myanmar is poor. Estimations from the 2017 Myanmar Living Conditions Survey (MLCS) reveals that 24.8 percent of the population is poor. The poverty line in 2017 was 1,590 kyat per adult equivalent per day (in 2017 quarter 1 kyat). Those with consumption levels at or below 1,590 kyat per day are considered poor.
- Sudan Overview: Development news, research, data | World BankOn June 29, 2021, Sudan reached the Heavily-Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative Decision point, thus becoming the 38th country eligible to receive debt relief under the initiative, jointly launched by the World Bank and the International Monitory Fund (IMF) in 1996 to ensure no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage.
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